/* Copyright 2013-2018 Felix Schmitt, Rene Widera, Benjamin Worpitz,
 *                     Alexander Grund
 *
 * This file is part of PMacc.
 *
 * PMacc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or
 * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * PMacc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * and the GNU Lesser General Public License along with PMacc.
 * If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

#pragma once

#include "pmacc/dimensions/GridLayout.hpp"
#include "pmacc/eventSystem/EventSystem.hpp"
#include "pmacc/mappings/kernel/MappingDescription.hpp"

namespace pmacc
{

template<class CellDescription>
class SimulationFieldHelper
{
public:

    typedef CellDescription MappingDesc;

    SimulationFieldHelper(CellDescription description) :
    cellDescription(description)
    {}

    virtual ~SimulationFieldHelper(){}

    /**
     * Reset is as well used for init.
     */
    virtual void reset(uint32_t currentStep) = 0;

    /**
     * Synchronize data from host to device.
     */
    virtual void syncToDevice() = 0;

protected:
    CellDescription cellDescription;
};

} //namespace pmacc
